Ahmad A.

About Me

Highly-experienced DevOps Engineer with +7 years of experience managing cloud-based platforms and system administration. With a passion for developing automation solutions, I put great emphasis on culture and practices while working in a cross-functional team environment. I have an outstanding background in infrastructure performance, ensuring positive communication with developers, engineers, project managers, and executives.

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
DevOps Engineer
2019 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Delivers CI/CD as part of an agile team in improving performance by automating and streamlining operations and processes.

  • Helps build and improve infrastructure, application and performance development and ensures tight security including data encryption, security groups and environment scanning.

  • Ensures high-quality deliverables and implements DevOps and security best practices in fast-paced environments .

Swvl
Swvl
DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Cairo, Egypt
  • Maintained build and release notes for developer teams and maintained TFS and Jenkins for dev CI/CD pipeline.

  • Created and developed systems for an application that provides a technology based alternative to public transportation in Egypt.

  • Established automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/ CD pipelines).

Instabug
Instabug
DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Remote
  • Continually developed and enhanced DevOps tools, processes and procedures for a mobile developers platform.

  • Created automation for application deployment, system and security configurations in AWS Cloud.

  • Implement integrations and updates, seeking enhanced user experience by immediately resolving all technical issues.

MENA Commerce
MENA Commerce
DevOps Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Egypt
  • Built a reliable and resilient infrastructure, integrated necessary tools and wrote scripts that improve developer performance for the first Big-Data start-up in the MENA region.

  • Facilitated the organization and virtualization of software containers using Docker for accelerated deployment and integration.

  • Analyzed and implemented strategies for continuous deployment.

Phonidex
DevOps Engineer
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Egypt
  • Developed steps and processes to enhance and expand current company technology solutions.

  • Assisted department engineers by providing practical demonstrations and solutions.

  • Work closely with project management to monitor current project progress and implementation.

EG-CERT
EG-CERT
Malware Hunter
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Egypt
  • Built and maintained the national honeynet project. Enhanced cyber threat analysis, intelligence analysis and reporting.

  • Created task automation using open source, customized scripts, and/or off-theshelf tools.

  • Managed automated build, continuous testing and integration for the system in a production environment.

Coud9ers
Coud9ers
Senior Systems Engineer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Cairo , Egypt
  • Deployed and maintained two platforms, Simtry.com and Teeksforgeeks.com, as well as cloud applications into AWS and maintaining internal systems.

  • Managed and monitored cloud infrastructure and systems, virtualized environments, and build environments.

  • Developed continuous improvement for test architecture and automation. Automate data collection for increased productivity.

Synapse labs
Synapse labs
Security researcher
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Egypt
  • Developed applications for observation and analysis, following standard protocols.

  • Sorted acquired data into an organized format, conducting a detailed analysis of incidents.

  • Performed advanced vulnerability research / penetration testing.

Showcase

DevOps Engineer - Middleware
  • The Middleware project is a unified platform for SOAP-based web services.

  • It enables the BSS team to perform operations related to core OSS network devices (AAA and PCRF servers and Database Engines).

  • The project aims to streamline operations for the BSS team.

DevOps Engineer - Bastio
  • Bastio is an operating system user account provisioning tool.

  • It streamlines server and user account creation and deletion.

  • It enables team members to disable access to server assets with a single click.

DevOps Engineer - Network Support Tools
  • NST is an internal tool used by TEData units for subscriber information gathering.

  • NST provides analytics for strategic planning and marketing decisions.

  • NST is designed to collect subscriber-related data, including profile, session, and logs.

DevOps Engineering - TeeksForGeeks Social Learning Platform
  • TeeksForGeeks is a social-network platform focused on ICT knowledge sharing and collaboration.

  • It’s an e-marketplace for online courses, specifically tailored to 'teeks' – a learning resource.

  • The developer is responsible for deployment, maintenance, and cloud application management within AWS.

DevOps Engineer - SimTry Labs and SLP
  • SimTry Labs is a rental service for pre-configured cloud computer labs.

  • It provides an embeddable widget for interactive IT/code practice.

  • SimTry SLP is a white-label cloud training platform customizable with branding and content, offering both in-house and public cloud deployment options.

Education

Education
Red Hat, License 140-238-916
Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Education
CoudU Certification
Cloud University
2014 - 2014
Education
Cryptography
Coursera
2012 - 2012
Education
UNIX
Information Technology Institute
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
Education
BSc. Computer Science
Mansoura University
2006 - 2010 (4 years)